Modality-specific brain representations during automatic processing of face, voice and body expressions.

ABSTRACT: A central question in affective science and one that is relevant for its clinical applications is how emotions provided by different stimuli are experienced and represented in the brain. Following the traditional view emotional signals are recognized with the help of emotion concepts that are typically used in descriptions of mental states and emotional experiences, irrespective of the sensory modality. This perspective motivated the search for abstract representations of emotions in the brain, shared across variations in stimulus type (face, body, voice) and sensory origin (visual, auditory). On the other hand, emotion signals like for example an aggressive gesture, trigger rapid automatic behavioral responses and this may take place before or independently of full abstract representation

SUBMITTER: Vaessen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587395 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature